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Senator Robert Kennedy and Dolores Huerta address the press at the end of César Chávez's 25 day fast, Delano, CA

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Artist:
Richard Darby  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Francis Kennedy, 20 Nov 1925 - 6 Jun 1968  Search this
Dolores Huerta, born 10 Apr 1930  Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image: 20.3 × 25.4cm (8 × 10")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
March 10, 1968
Exhibition Label:
Senator Robert Kennedy declared his support of the UFW in 1967, when he served as one of the members of the Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor in Delano. After listening to the Kern County sheriff relate how his deputies arrested peaceful picketers, Kennedy said: “Can I suggest in the interim … that the sheriff and district attorney read the Constitution of the United States?”
In 1968, at the end of César Chávez’s fast, Kennedy addressed the press with Dolores Huerta by his side. He expressed the need to pass legislation recognizing the right of farm workers to unionize and bargain collectively with their employers, a right that industrial workers had gained with the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935. Kennedy’s support of the UFW earned him its endorsement in his presidential campaign, which ended tragically with his murder.
El senador Robert F. Kennedy y Dolores Huerta al final del ayuno de veinticinco días realizado por César Chávez
El senador Robert Kennedy anunció su apoyo a la UFW en 1967, cuando visitó Delano como miembro del Subcomité de Trabajo Migrante del Senado. Después de escuchar al alguacil del condado de Kern narrar cómo sus ayudantes arrestaban a los pacíficos huelguistas, Kennedy dijo: “¿Me permite sugerir mientras tanto [...] que el alguacil y el fiscal de distrito lean la Constitución de Estados Unidos?”.
En 1968, al final del ayuno de César Chávez, Kennedy se dirigió a la prensa con Dolores Huerta a su lado. Allí expresó la necesidad de promulgar leyes que reconocieran el derecho de los trabajadores agrícolas a formar sindicatos y a negociar de forma colectiva con sus patronos, un derecho que los trabajadores industriales habían logrado con la aprobación de la Ley Nacional de Relaciones Laborales en 1935. El apoyo de Kennedy a la UFW le ganó el endoso del sindicato para su campaña presidencial, trágicamente tronchada por su asesinato.
Richard Darby (fechas desconocidas)
Impresión en gelatina de plata, 1968
Biblioteca Walter P. Reuther, Archivo de Asuntos Laborales y Urbanos, Universidad Estatal Wayne, Detroit, Michigan
Topic:
Exterior  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Male  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Senator\New York  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Literature\Writer  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Campaign director  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Politics and Government\Brother of US President  Search this
Robert Francis Kennedy: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this
Dolores Huerta: Female  Search this
Dolores Huerta: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Labor leader  Search this
Dolores Huerta: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this
Dolores Huerta: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Dolores Huerta: Society and Social Change\Civic leader  Search this
Portrait  Search this
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Owner: Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Object number:
EXH.DH.15
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